[tag-ice]Blog directories[/tag-ice] and [tag-ice]RSS submission sites[/tag-ice] no longer on the list:

DROPPED:

RSS feeds
http://www.rss-network.com/submitrss.php

REASON: Duplicate Of RSS Network

My thanks to Centeur of the DownloadFresh blog who posted a list of blog directories at http://downloadfresh.com/40-blog-directories-to-submit-your-blog-to.html#comment-61 that had several valuable entries that were new to me.

(1)This explanation of [tag-ice]blog and ping[/tag-ice] is strictly in non-technical terms.

There are ping services that scan blogs regularly for updates and publish the recently updated blogs.

When you “blog” (publish a post), you want to notify the blogging community and the search engines of your post. Blogging is unique in that this notification can be done on a wide scale instantaneously.

The “ping” from “blog and ping” is the message that you send out to all the ping services, [tag-tec]blog directories[/tag-tec], and search engines that you have posted fresh content.

There are many who will subscribe to the [tag-tec]RSS feed[/tag-tec] of the ping services, so that when they post your blog update, it can be read by a very widespread audience across the Internet.

(2)Below is one of the most comprehensive ping lists you can find anywhere on the Internet.

If you have a WordPress blog, the ping notification is automated whenever you publish new content.

Be sure to see #3 below which explains a WordPress liability.

Go to the Control Panel =>Options =>Writing.

Scroll down to “Update Services” and there is a box where you can enter your [tag-tec]ping list[/tag-tec].

Make sure there is a line break after every entry. (The [tag-tec]list of ping services[/tag-tec] below satifies that line break requirement).